OPI - I Don't Give a Rotterdam

Hello everybody,

Hope you're doing fine.
Me, I'm still at home and resting... and now posting ;)

Oh, yes, the collection I've waited for such a long time is finally in my hands!! OPI Holland is here!! I know, here in Europe we get the collections after they are released in the US, but that's not a problem with me. I'm still happy I've got it!
Of course, I didn't order all the 12 polishes... but only 9 :D And amongst the 9, 4 of them are minis. Hopefully I will be able to show them all to you!

First of all here is I Don't Give a Rotterdam. I find the name excellent, i just love it. And i love this polish too. The colour is a gray-blue with silver crystal flecks inside.
The formula and the application were excellent. Purists will need 3 coats, but I'm OK with 2 coats for opacity. The wear was also very good.

 Here I'm wearing 2 coats of I Don't Give a Rotterdam + 1 coat of Seche Vite:

 

I think that the best way to wear this polish and to value it is to wear it with a light blue pair of jeans:

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In conclusion:

Application: 4.7/5
Formula: 4.5/5
Finish: 4.5/5
Drying time: 4.5/5
Opacity: 4.0/5
Wear: 4.0/5.0

Overall: 4.37/5



And, in the end, I want to share with you this picture of the young magnolia tree in the patio just bellow my bedroom window:

... yeah... spring is here ;)

Thank you everyone for watching!

Hugs! 

OPI - It's Totally Fort Worth It

Hello everyone,

A quick post for today to celebrate my new net-book (my desktop is totally out of service and unfortunately lots of my pictures are still trapped on its hard-disk )!  Oh, well, it's a small, inexpensive laptop... Not exactly what I wanted, but that'll do it until I get something bigger and better: a desktop :) But that's all right, I don't regret buying this one because I'm sure it will be a great travel companion after all.
And luckily,  I have some drafts saved in my posts. So, until I receive my command of an adapter ATA -USB for hard-disks, I'll post the stuff I already uploaded in my drafts!

So today I'll be showing you another "last year"! It's OPI It's Totally Fort Worth it, from the Texas collection released for the spring in 2011.
This polish is got a cute gray-ish silvery base with this really nice pink shimmer, it's also got a very beautiful pearly finish ... but it is incredibly sheer! What you see in the pictures bellow is actually 4 coats!
I don't know about you, but me, I simply can't handle polishes that require 4 coats in order to get a bit opaque. I 'm sure that I'm not going to wear them because I cruelly lack spare time... And yes, 4 coats and still got VNL...! Too bad. 
The drying time is surprisingly good even with 4 coats.

I tried to do a Konad design using OPI Ski Teal We Drop, but it failed. So I added a coat of OPI DS Coronation on top of the mess :) and here is the result:

Oh well, too bad for this polish, but this makes the waiting for OPI Holland even harder!!! :D
They said it will be available in stores about middle of February... gna gna gna! ;D Can't wait! ;)

So, until then, let's see the conclusions about OPI It's Totally Fort Worth it:

In conclusion:

Application: 3/5
Formula: 1.5/5
Finish: 3/5
Drying time: 4.5/5
Opacity: 1/5

Overall: 2.6/5

Thank you everyone for watching!

Hugs!

Color Club - Ms Hautie

Hello everyone,

The sun is finally here and I'm going to wear sandals again! ;) I love wearing sandals because they are usually very comfortable and.. I can show 2 nail polishes at once: one on my fingers and another one on my toes :P.

But the pictures here-bellow were taken a few days ago, when we had 16 °C and rainy weather... So the brightness is not really there.
So here is the famous Ms Hautie. I believe this one was the subject of much controversy and the opinions are very different.You'll see in th pictures bellow that the finish is very... unusual.
In fact, I've never chosen this polish, it was sent to me by mbeautylounge instead of Wild At Heart, I don't know why. I really hated that they've changed my command. I don't know what to prefer: not sending a polish at all or sending something else instead?
Anyways, the polish applies ok, though the formula is a bit runny. It is definitely opaque in 2 cots. The thing about it is that it has this finish making the nails looking like roughly finished concrete. It's like they've added some sand inside the polish. The thing is that before it is dry, you don't see the the little "sand".. it only shows itself after the polish is dry.
The colour is concrete, stormy gray, with pink and blue shimmer inside. But on the nail I couldn't really notice the shimmer, it is only visible in the bottle.

Here I'm wearing 2 coats of Ms Hautie, no top coat:

I'm not sure if I like it or not. But I think that this was however a nice try in order to obtain something different and I applaud the initiative. I mean we are always complaining that all the polishes coming out right now are "déjà vus", "already seen this" and "dupes". So this polish is indeed very different of what I've seen until now. It may not be the most elegant and shiny, but it surely is original. I think I'll may be wearing it from time to time. And I do not regret that mbeautylounge snet it to me ;)

Now let's see what a coat of OPI Lats Friday Night can do to it :

Posing near my blue hydrangea ;)

I think it's not bad at all. What do you think?

See ya soon !
Hugs everyone!

OPI - French Quarter For Your Thoughts - Tourin America

Hello everyone,

This is going to be short, I don't have too much time too write today - too bad, beacause this is a great polish!

It'a gorgeous gray creme, with a remarcably perfect application, nice formula, normal drying time, very good wear! Opaque with two coats.
I don't have anything like this in my stash. I don't own China Glaze Recycle, but maybe someone who has it, could do a comparison ;)

Here I'm wearing 2 coats of French Quarter For Your Thoughts, no top coat:

See ya! ;)
Hugs!